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Migrants push UK population to record high of 64.6 million The UK population grew by almost half a million last year to 64,596,800, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Amazon has faced similar criticism in the United States. Online retail giant Amazon has sparked renewed anger after it emerged that the group’s UK business paid just £11.9 million in tax last year on UK sales of £5.3billion.

The Scottish Government has dramatically revised down its estimates of how much revenue will be generated from North Sea oil and gas over the next four years. According to the 20 page oil and gas bulletin, Scottish North Sea oil revenues could drop to £500 million next year, a fraction of £7.8bn i

Angela Seymour Jackson Angela Seymour Jackson is managing director, workplace solutions at Edinburgh-based Aegon UK

Chas Booth The City of Edinburgh Council has unanimously passed a motion to express concern about the effects of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on local services, jobs, suppliers and democracy.

Priti Patel Thousands jobseekers around Scotland have taken advantage of the government’s New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) scheme to start their own businesses over the course of the recent months.

Still 80 per cent taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has taken the unusual step of offering a reward of up to £15,000 for information relating to an armed robbery that took place at one of its West Dunbartonshire branches last week. The incident took place on Wednesday June 17 when a man in a ba

A former Santander bank manager described as a "Walter Mitty" character has admitted stealing almost £90,000 from the Dundee branch where he worked. Gordon Irvine, 33, from West Lothian, was found guilty by a jury at Dundee Sheriff Court of embezzling £89,340 from Santander over eight months in 20

Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life has announced that it is to close its business in Singapore taking a £45 million hit in the process. In a stock exchange announcement, SL said its insurance business in Singapore would no longer accept new applications or contributions to existing plans

Leigh Bartlett Royal Bank of Scotland has announced the appointment of Leigh Bartlett as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Williams & Glyn, the name given to the tranche of branches to be spun out of the 80 per cent state-owned bank as a condition of its 2008 government bailout.

It has long been the destination for many an out-of-town pilgrimage, but today Swedish furniture phenomenon Ikea has announced that it is to open new outlets on Britain’s high streets. The first of the new format stores will be tested at three small locations in the UK as it seeks to make itself m

Scottish Government confirms funding for £38m health projects Two multi-million pound health centres have been given the green light thanks to funding from theScottish Government.

James Watt and Martin Dickie BrewDog bosses have treated themselves to a pay rise with accounts newly filed at Companies House showing director’s pay up by nearly 57 per cent.

Aberdeen city councillors seized a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to kick-start a 20-year regeneration programme for the city centre.

Scottish output growth is being fuelled by a combination of capital investment - particularly infrastructure spending - and consumer spending, according to the latest Economic Commentary from the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute. It outlined forecast for GDP growth at 2.5 p